Tips for choosing a smartphone

Until recently, handheld portable digital assistant (PDA), built-in mobile phone, was associated with a huge, massive device inconvenient to use. But lately with the advent of new technologies have appeared noticeably slimmer, more comfortable and intuitive device, receiving a nice name - a smartphone. Their popularity is growing day by day. Smartphones are already ahead of sales and handheld computers, according to experts, in the near future, almost completely driven out of the ordinary daily use cell phones.

What can a smartphone and why do you need?

In addition to phone calls and sending SMS can be used as a calendar, address book, audio and video player, means for sending e-mail and Internet connections, the editor of Word documents and Excel. In addition, the smartphone can install any compatible with the program that allows you to make your phone an original, stand out and functional. For example, you can change your taste for the look and the algorithm of the menu or the address book your device, use it as a calorie counter or a remote control for DVD-player. Quite simply, you need only download the program you want on the Internet.

But where do we start?

First of all, we should pay attention to the processor and memory. The greater the frequency of the processor and more megabytes of memory - the higher the computational capacity of the smartphone, hence, the faster it works. If you buy a phone in the store and for some reason do not find the technical characteristics of his chosen, it should make a mistrust on your part. Ask the seller. If it came to nothing lead, ZnayKak advised to test the smartphone "without departing from the cashier." To do this the best time to start it an MP3 player in the background, and a program for viewing office documents or photographs - the most frequent combination included concurrent programs. If the smartphone starts neslazhenno, he does not deserve your attention.

More attention should be paid to the operating system. Here little choice: either the Symbian OS, or OS Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition. The majority of smartphones running on these two competing operating systems. Both systems are almost identical, except for one difference. According to its Symbian OS interface more close to call, as it was originally created for mobile devices. Her simple, clear and friendly, and all settings are visible. OS Windows Mobile is more complicated to set up, as it came from the world of personal computers, first in the CCP, and then in smartphones.

Therefore, our advice is simple: if you do not want a long time messing with settings, choose the Symbian OS.And if you had already used a PDA with the Windows operating system and used to its interface, the Windows Smartphone - your choice.

The next part, which should draw attention to this display. With his choice should be guided by the fact that you are going to do with a smartphone. Large display with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and the number of colors neskolkotysyachnym better conveys the schedule and allows a more comfortable view of WEB-page, but at the same time consumes more energy and drains the battery faster. Therefore, if you are going to frequently view photos and Web pages, read books and play in 3 D-toys, you need just such a display. If you are not interested, you can choose a smaller display.

Input device information. Input device - the most important part of any smartphone, because it is to work with the information he had created. There are three main ways to enter: touch-screen, full QWERTY-keyboard and a small phone keyboard.

• If you are going to recruit large amounts of text, we recommend selecting a smartphone, which has a QWERTY-keyboard with large and comfortable keys.
• The touch screen does not print a lot, but it is more versatile. With it you can travel on the menu, typing on the virtual keyboard, or even paint the letters on screen. Sometimes these two input methods to be combined.
• Smartphones with an awkward phone keypad are the most compact, that is their advantage.

And, perhaps most importantly: do not forget that the smartphone - is primarily a phone, it is a means of communication. The device must be well enough to find and sure to keep the network, even in the zone of uncertain reception and crowded places. GSM-blocks smartphones and regular phones are almost identical, so in terms of communication smartphones chosen based theme of the same principles, if you chose an ordinary cell phone.